Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking

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Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking
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The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

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In true American fashion dating all the way back to its founding, you only matter if you own property.

Seems that way. Empowering local governments to determine legality will inevitably allow NIMBY to criminalize homelessness across the nation, with each city pointing fingers as the next.

you only matter if you own property.

While technically true... There is a difference between a guy owning a factory and a guy owning a home.

They are not the same lol

Yes. Homeless people are an underclass.

Many people are few pay checks away from being homeless

System works as intended

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